Young ballerina in the classroom
National identity Russian ballet beginning to emerge in early XIX century thanks to the French ballet master SH.-L. Didlo. Didlo reinforces the role kordebaleta, dance and pantomime us, argues the priority of the female dance.
This revolution in ballet music produced Tchaikovsky, who introduced a continuous symphonic development, deep figurative content, dramatic expressiveness. Music his ballets “Swan Lake” (1877), “Sleeping Beauty” (1890), “The Nutcracker” (1892) gained along with the opportunity to disclose domestic symphony during the action heroes embody the characters in their interaction, development, the fight. In Tchaikovsky’s innovative choreography was enshrined choreographer Marius Petipa and L. Read the rest of this entry »

Ballet in Russia
In Russia the first ballet performance took place on February 8, 1673 at the court of Czar Alexei Mikhailovich Preobrazhenskoe village in Moscow. His prepared a foreigner Nicholas Lima (or Lim). Exactly not know who he was by origin - most likely Scots, emigrated to France, then Russia came in as an officer of engineering troops. However, it is reliable fact is that his knowledge of ballet were very high. He became leader of an emerging ballet troupe, her teacher, choreographer and dancer first. In Lima training were given ten “burger children”, but within a year their number has doubled. As in 1673 on stage Kremlin Lima theater served “French Dances” in “Ballet of Orpheus and Evridike.” It was the ballet in the French style of decoration, representing a moving pyramid, and the first professional ballet performance put on the Russian scene. Read the rest of this entry »

Further development and flourishing of the ballet are in the era of romanticism. As early as 30 - s of the XVIII century. French ballerina Camargo shortened skirt (pack) and renounced heels, which allowed it to enter into their dance zanoski. By the end of the XVIII century. ballet costume becomes much more easy and free, that greatly facilitates rapid development of dance techniques. In trying to make their dance more air, the performer tried to stand on the fingers nozzles, which led to the invention Pointe. Later paltsevaya female dance technique actively developed. First apply a dance at Pointe as expressive means was Maria Taglioni. Read the rest of this entry »

The origin of ballet
Ballet (French ballet, from lat. Ballo - dance) - the kind of theatre, the main expressive means which are inextricably linked music and dance. Most often the basis for the ballet is a plot, dramatic design, libretto, but there are bessyuzhetnye and ballets. The main types of dance in the ballet are classical dance and dance characteristic. Plays an important role here pantomime, with which the actors convey a sense of heroes, their “conversation” among themselves, the essence of what is happening. Read the rest of this entry »

Learning ballroom dancing
Want to spend the night at the discotheque, or simply meet new friends? Ballroom dancing - this is a wonderful way to achieve the desired, independent of your age. Experts argue that ballroom dancing is unique in that they simultaneously stimulate the brain and are remarkable physical exercises to strengthen the body. Ballroom dancing - this is fun. And nowadays many more opportunities to go dancing than you can imagine. Ballroom dancing - it is also a wonderful way to remain always in the form, moreover, is doubly pleased to deal with the music. Depending on the time or situation, you can perform a classic or a more free style dance. Read the rest of this entry »

Among the dancers sporting ballroom dancing, there is a saying: “Who has not acted in Blackpool, he can not be called real dancer.” English city of Blackpool, located on the shores of the Atlantic Ocean, is considered a kind of Mecca for sports ballroom dancing performers. At the very end of March in this seaside city was the largest annual international sports tournament ballroom dancing - Blekpulsky Youth Dance Festival-2008, which took part and rybnitskaya dancing couple - Rozhko and Maria Roman Kravchuk. Odinnadtsatiletnie rybnitskie dancers performed in the category “yuvenaly”, and brilliantly “otkatav” compulsory program, took fifth place among the best 105 pairs of the planet, leaving behind a good hundred pairs of dancers. Read the rest of this entry »

TERMS OF THE DANCE
During the ramp from white hyacinth on a background of heavy folds of fabric monochrome, suddenly arising from the shadows, holding his in them, a harmonious poludevichi, poluotrocheskie figures in transparent hitonah, vaguely identify the outlines of their bodies, silently, in a deep silence, of advancing from music, dance commit happy mysteries … All those who visited during this winter evening, at which EI Rabenek (Knipper) shows the results of their students, know deep sense of joy and inner purification, after remaining in the soul of this vision. Read the rest of this entry »

History and definition
The term “ballroom” refers to a pair unprofessional secular dances created in medieval Europe. These dances are very modifies - any era of European history - Rebirth, Education, classicism, romanticism - created a unique set of dance. Throughout the European cultural development in the ballroom dance influenced by a variety of ethnic sources, as well as professional dance.Ballroom dance twentieth century created on the basis of European dance, in which at the turn of the century XIX-XX breathed new life African and Latin American music and dance culture. Great majority of contemporary ballroom dance are African “roots”, already well-disguised technical processing of European dance school. Read the rest of this entry »

The custom of dancing at a wedding has its roots in e gave something back. In ancient rites of different peoples to be sure sounded wedding music, sang songs and dances are satisfied. Each of these phenomena have their meaning (often inoskazatelny).
Rite Russian weddings include several stages, including: svatovstvo, oplakivanie Spit (naisteleht), bride price, and, of course, the wedding feast, which are undoubtedly the most “rich” in the singing-dance sense. Read the rest of this entry »

Belly dance - more than a hundred years with an incorrect name
Today, belly dancing is widely distributed throughout the world, yet few know that the name of the dance - a mere coincidence.
By law should belly dance called “East Tantsem” or “Raks Sharqi,” Dance of the East. This is a collection of similar dance styles that have emerged in the Middle and Far East. In fact, there is much more names that could be used in this case. Read the rest of this entry »